Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1887-04-06
A Liiti. More Election Law.

in case ballot box was opened the
people showed their dissatisfaction
with the present school management,
by vote of forty.lve to eighteen.
This was not unthoughtful as Mrs.
Darlington would make it appear but
well considered. As The majority rs
against the tax it makes no difference
whether the election was or was not
legal, but 70 prevent other school dis.
tricts being misled by the bad law of
Mrs, 2. and also to show that Mrs. L.
is either willfully unuuthful or woe
fully ignorant II little explanation of
her bad law will be given.
In the first place Mrs. ?. feebly init
mates that no registry books can be
opened until 1888. 1t is true that this
inlimahon is given in such manner
that it can be denied, but that is part
Of the method adopted for deceiving
the people. If Mrs. p. will consult
lawyer she will be informed thai 1.-THE
electoral year shall commence on the
first day of January and end on the
thirty first day of December of each
year." and that this electoral year is
SO defined for purposes of registration.
As Mrs. p. accidentally correct, once)
says, it would be impracticabie to
postpone the election until November
1888. So far she is right but no
farther.
1t shall be the duty of the Registry
Agents, at any time when called On To
do so, between the hours of ten A. M.
and six 2. NJ. on all legal days, for
twenty days prior to closing the regis.
try (which shall close ten days prior
to the day of eleclon), Tor any special
or municipal election provided for by
law, to receive and register the names
of all persons legally qualified and
entitled 10 vate at such election
1t would have been entirely practic.
able to have the books opened and
1t was the duty of the Registry Agent,
to do so when called on, as he was, by
voters who wished to be registered.
Now skipping the nonsense abou;
the difference, in this case between an
election authorized by law. and an
election provided for by law, from
the reading Of the law a special school
tax election is fully provided for.
Alter authorizing the Trustees 10 call
an election, The law provides the man.
ner, in which It shall be called pro.
vides for the appointment of judges
aud then provides that it shall be con.
Quoted in all other respects rs nearly as
practicable in conformity with the gen
eral election law. Not only Is spe-
cial school lax election provided for by
law completely and in such manner
that registration Is necessary, but as
shown last week, the law provides for
one election wherein registration is un-
necessary, and then expressly tells
how in the absence OF registry list
such an election shall he held This,
TO any person who has ever read any
law, understandingly, is equivalent to
to saying that where an election with
out registration is contemplated the
manner Of holding such election will
he clearly set forth as distinct from that
Of the General Elect on.
Mrs. p. says:
There is such a thing as special cleo
tion provided Cor by law, as, for instance
in case Of tie vote between two candi
dates Cor the election of township, city
county or State Office. The law provides
that it shall be tried over and provides for II
by law. An election to raise school tax is
not u special election provided for by law, for
section 1879 says.
The Board OF Trustees of any school dis
trict may, when in their judgement it is ad
| visible, call ar eieeti II, not call specia
election
The words mot cal special cleo
| ton are not in section 1898. This
Interpolation is not ignorance but d
weak effort to decoiye readers. 1t il
weak, foolish and futile, but is OF
the whole g little above The genera
average of Mrs. F.
Referring to tie vote the words of
the law are:
Proptded, that when tie shall exis
between two or more persons for the
Senate or Assembly or any Other
county, district or township officer
the Board of County Commissioners
shall order their Clerk to give notice
| to the sheriff of the. county, who shall
| immed iaIely advertise another election
| giving at least ten days notice.
That is all the law says about ii and
that is the way it provides for tht
special election. It's provision though
well understood is not so explicit as is
the provision for school tax election
NOR does il saw advertise for n sppcia